Typhoon Haikui forces 1.5m to evacuate in Zhejiang

An armed police officer helps a baby evacuate before the landing of Typhoon Haikui in Wenzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Aug 7, 2012. The typhoon landed in Hepu township, Xiangshan county near the Sanmenwan Gulf in central Zhejiang at 3:20 on Wednesday, bringing downpours and flooding that stranded dozens of people in East China. As of Wednesday morning, more than 1.5 million people were evacuated in Zhejiang province. It is the third typhoon to wallop China's east coast in a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region over the weekend.[Photo/Xinhua]

People sleep in a shelter before the landing of Typhoon Haikui, in Jintang town, Zhoushan city, East China's Zhejiang province on Aug 7, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]